christmas cards

Last year, I failed completely and utterly to send a single Christmas card. We moved a month before Christmas; a week before Christmas, we had a new baby. I cherished ambitions of New Year’s cards, or baby announcement cards…but those dreams evaporated in the fog of moving boxes, doctor appointments, allergy concerns, and just the general “there-are-three-of-them-and-only-one-of-me” delirium. So this year I am determined to start early and fill our nice mailman’s bag with cards! (Note: for me, November is early. I am a dyed-in-the-wool last-minute kind of girl. If you had your cards ready in October, you scare me. I will admire from a distance!)

And yesterday this determination met some good news: I discovered that Shutterfly, my favorite source for Christmas cards, will give me 50 free cards if I write a blog post about them! Perfect timing. So I drooled over their selection for a while, and here are my favorite Christmas things:

I love these. I couldn’t get a big image of my favorite style, so here is the little picture: I love this simple look but you can also do a collage. And now you can add photos to specific days on the calendar!

I am feeling Christmas-y already! I can’t wait to stuff the first set of cards into the mail slot in our front door (which is one of my favorite features of our house: I don’ t even have to go outside to put the mail out! Hurray!).

Blogging friends, if you want 50 free cards of your own (!) follow the link!